The next president of the United States will inherit some of the greatest foreign policy challenges in American history — an overstretched military, frayed alliances, and wars on two fronts. FRONTLINE gives viewers a hard, inside look at the real policy choices the next president will face. The report features strategists and diplomats giving their best advice about how to correct past failures and how to shape a realistic foreign policy approach in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Martin Smith
Director, Writer
Marcela Gaviria
Director, Writer

Will Lyman
Narrator

Martin Smith
Self
Kenneth Alexander
Self
Richard Lee Armitage
Self

Benazir Bhutto
Self
Dexter Filkins
Self
Husain Haqqani
Self
Tim Hetherington
Self
Rob Kaplan
Self
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